A young bird’s flight across 13,000 km sets the record for the longest flight!
Recommended for Preparatory Grades
A young bird broke a new world record for a nonstop flight. The bird travelled 13,560 km from Alaska to northeast Tasmania. It reached Tasmania 11 days and 1 hour after leaving Alaska on October 23, 2022.
What is a godwit?
The godwits are a group of small birds in the with long legs and have the natural ability to travel long distances for migration.
The young bird was a “godwit”. For the southern summer, members of this species move every year from Alaska to Australia and New Zealand.
Key facts!
- Birders say that this amazing effort, which was tracked by satellite, breaks that record.
- What makes this special is that this was a non-stop journey.
- So the godwit moved itself the whole way through by flapping its wings for nearly 13,000 kilometres.
- The godwit was able to do this by gaining weight before leaving on its migratory flight.
- On the way, it used that extra weight as a source of power on their long trip south.
- “Godwits weigh at most maybe half a kg when they take flight,” birders say.
- Thus they have to use those body reserves very, very well.
- As per experts this species is very small and has wings that span less than one metre.
- Therefore, researchers began satellite tracking of the species’ migratory flight about 12 or 13 years ago.
Youtube user “BTOvideo” shares interesting information about godwits.
Curious Times is a leading newspaper and website for kids. We publish daily global news aligned to your learning levels (also as per NEP 2020): Foundational, Preparatory (Primary), Middle and Senior. So, check out the News tab for this. We bring kids’ favourite Curious Times Weekly newspaper every weekend with top news, feature stories and kids’ contributions. Check out daily JokesPoke, Tongue Twisters, Word of the Day and Quote of the Day, kids need it all the time.
ME – My Expressions at Curious Times is your place to get your work published, building your quality digital footprint. And it is a good way to share your talent and skills with your friends, family, school, teachers and the world. Thus, as you will step into higher educational institutes your published content will showcase your strength.
Events, Quizzes and Competitions bring students from over 5,000 schools globally to participate in the 21st-Century themes. Here schools and students win certificates, prizes and recognition through these global events.
Sign-up for your school for FREE!
Communicate with us: WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
0 (Please login to give a Curious Clap to your friend.)